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IAmGeorgeZimmerman says: May 31, 2013 at 2:35 pm
Propaganda tech as related to this case:
1. NAME CALLING or STEREOTYPING: Giving a person or an idea a bad label by using an easy to remember pejorative name. This is used to make us reject and condemn a person or idea without examining what the label really means. Examples: “Republican”, “racist”, “kkk”, “you support a child killer”, “gun nuts”, “whites”.
2. VIRTUE WORDS or GLITTERING GENERALITY: These words are used to dupe us into accepting and approving of things without examining the evidence carefully. Examples: “child”, “innocent”, “killed for color of his skin”, “hunted and killed in cold blood”,
3. DEIFICATION: This is when an idea is made to appear holy, sacred, or very special and therefore above all law. Any alternative or opposite points of view are thereby given the appearance of treason or blasphemy. Examples: “trayvon martin statues blaspheme black chuch altars”, “could have been obamas son”, “he was an innocent child”.
4. TRANSFER: Transfer is when a symbol that carries respect, authority, sanction, and prestige is used along with and idea or argument to make it look more acceptable. Examples: Howard University,Change.org, Obama, “civil rights case of the century” This method is also called GUILT- or VIRTUE-BY-ASSOCIATION.
5. TESTIMONIAL: When some respected celebrity (or alternatively someone generally hated) claims that an idea or product is good (or bad). This technique is used to convince us without examining the facts more carefully. For example congressional resolutions to honor trayvon, basketball teams wearing hoodies for trayvon, oprahs comments, rikki lake, dr phil, obamas if i had a son comment, jay z, plies, will smith, getting jeb bush to say sans facts that syg law cant save gz, russel simmons, roseanne….
6. PLAIN FOLKS: This is a way that a speaker convinces an audience that an idea is good because they are the same ideas of the vast majority of people like yourself. Examples: “i am trayvon”, “could be my child”. Another example would be when the speaker tells a story about a family or people that are “just like you” to reinforce the speaker’s point of view. for example the fictional family dynamic of the martin/fulton clan.
7. BAND WAGON: This common propaganda method is when the speaker tries to convince us to accept their point of view or else we will miss out on something really good. The Band-Wagon technique is often used in advertising. Examples: “fasted growing change.org petition ever”, “Be the first on your block”, “Act Now!”. You might ask yourself “What if I was the only one on my block because no one else was interested (duped)?”.
8. ARTIFICIAL DICHOTOMY: This is when someone tries to claim there are only two sides to an issue and that both sides must have equal presentation in order to be evaluated. This technique is used to dupe us into believing there is only one way to look at an issue, when in fact there may be many alternative viewpoints or “sides”. Like most propaganda techniques it simplifies reality and therefore distorts it, often to the advantage of the speaker. A classic example is the “intelligent design” versus “evolution” controversy. or in this case “trayvon isnt here to tell his side of the story” and the like.
9. HOT POTATO: This is an inflammatory (often untrue) statement or question used to throw an opponent off guard, or to embarrass them. Examples “gz is getting fat”, “gz diddled his cousin 20 years ago” “gz is racist” “spd is racist” The fact that it may be utterly untrue is irrelevant, because it still brings controversy to the opponent.
10. STALLING or IGNORING THE QUESTION : This technique is used to play for more time or to avoid answering a pointed question. Examples: “he shouldnt have gotten out of the truck” “ill wait for trial for the facts (that are coming out as we type)” claiming evidence shows x y z then refusing to cite said evidence to support.
11. LEAST-OF-EVILS is used to justify an otherwise unpleasant or unpopular point of view. Example: ‘”normal teenage behavior”.
12. SCAPEGOAT: This often use with Guilt-by-association to deflect scrutiny away from the issues. It transfers blame to one person or group of people without investigating the complexities of the issue. Examples: “George got out of the car”, “shouldnt have had a gun” “shouldnt have followed”. “took law into own hands”
13. CAUSE AND EFFECT MISMATCH: This technique confuses the audience about what is really cause and effect. In fact the causes of most phenomena are complex, and it is misleading to say just the following:”if gz didnt get out of the car tm would still be alive”
14. DISTORTION OF DATA or OUT OF CONTEXT or CARD STACKING: This technique is used to convince the audience by using selected information and not presenting the complete story. for example sampling liberal polls to claim what america thinks about gz innocence or guilt or ability to have a fair trial
15. WEAK INFERENCE: Weak inference is when a judgment is made with insufficient evidence, or that the conclusion does not necessarily follow from the evidence given. essentially the entirety of the narrative they all fell for that has now been deconstructed.
16. FAULTY ANALOGY: This is when a comparison is carried to far. ‘ travyon is emmett till”
17. MISUSE OF STATISTICS: Some examples: Average results are reported, but not the amount of variation around the averages. A percent or fraction is presented, but not the sample size as in “9 out of 10 dentists recommend…”. Absolute and proportional quantities are mixed as in “3,400 more robberies occurred in our town last year, whereas other cities hand an increase of less than one percent”. Graphs are used that, by chopping off part of the scale or using unusual units or no scale, distort the appearance of the result. Results are reported with misleading precision. For example, representing 13 out of 19 students as 68.42105 percent.
18. FEAR: “it could be you because of your skin color, whitey is out to get you”
_________________ Do not go gentle into that good night.___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light
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